Overshoe.



A. B. ROBERTS. OVERSHOE.

APPLICATION FILED APBLlB, 1904.

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IMVEAGOR, (QM 0 6. WM? W w, I I {51M r/njhfiv PATBNTED JAN. 2, 1906.

' To all whom it may-concern.-

UNITED STATES PATENT oEEro ALBERT E. RoBERTs, E NORWALK, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T0 BOWLER, or CLEVELAND, OHIO.

NOADIAH P.

No. sos,94s.-

Be it known that I,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at N orwalk, in the county of Huron and Stateof Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Overshoes,-of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.v y

This invention is an improvement on the overshoe shown in my Patent No. 736,156 and granted August 11, 1903.. The overshoe shownis characterized by having a relatively .high heel portion, a low front portion extending a little higher than the sole of the corre sponding shoe, and a continuousnon-elastic band embedded in the-overshoe and extending around both its heel and front ortion and'adapted' at the front portion to lie over the projecting shoe-sole. Such an overshoe 1s now on the market and isgivinggood'satisand one around the heel faction. It" has, however, two limitations which the present invention is designed to overcome-namely, in some shoes the shank of the overshoe does not hug'the sides of the shoe with the desired tightness, and, second, whenthe weight is borne entirely on the toe of the foot-, as in walking 'upstalrs, it sometimes happens thatthe heel of the shoe comes out of the overshoe. Mypresent invention at once remedies bothofthese defects by bringing the non-elastic band inward along the sole of the overshoe-shank, whereby the band is anchored thereat, and there are, in efi'ect,-two loops, one around the front portion tw en them, on each side oi the overshoe, is the elastic s'ide shank. The result of this is that the side shank is always held snugly against the side of the shoe. Moreover, bem

elastic it allows the overshoe to bestretched when the shoe isinserted, and this results in overshoe tightlyholding its-place'on the shoe irres ective of where the Weight is borne; The band o'r loop in leading from the. shank rearward passes well u on the heel portion of the overshoe, where ore it secures a firm grip above the rearmost bul e .of the heelcounter of the shoe. The ouble. loop or band I prefer to provide of one cord by crossmg 1t en itself in the sole of the shank, thou h the band need not thus cross, as much of t e Specification of LettersPatent. Application fi1edlipri118,1904. Serial No. 203,540.

ortion, and be- Itself wit Patented Jan. 2, 1906.

. each loop ofa separate cord, the "ends being ALBERT E. RoEERTs,

vulcanized into the sole at the shank of the rubber, or the result might be obtained by allowing each course of the band to stay on one side of the shank, being simply bowed inward at the shank-sole and there held. The band is'a'ninelastie cord and is vulcanized into the body. of the overshoe. It thus pre vents stretching along the-line of the cord; but the side shanks of the overshoe being relieved of the-cord allow stretching at this point, which enables the overshoe to make a tighter and better fit than heretofore.

The drawings clearly illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the overshoe. --Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectionthereof. Figs. 3 and 4 are cross-sections on the correspondingly-numbered lines of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a sectional plan of the sole of the shank portion, as indicated by the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.; and Figs. 6' and 7 are similar views showing modified methods of forming the loops into the sole.

'Thel;)vershoe may most conveniently be considered as consisting of a front portion, a heel portion, and a shank portion connecting the two, though of course these portions Inerge one into the other.

represents the shoe-sole; B, the,.-wall of the forward portion, which rises a little higher thzan the sole of the shoe which the .overshoe s adapted to incase.

0 represents the heel portion, and D the shanks.

The non-elastic band is indicated by E. It is near the 'topjofthe portion B of the overshoe and in the portion C extends diagonally upward from the shank to near the top of the I heel, At the shank this band passes inward along the sole, so as to allow the elasticity of the rubber at the shank to be effecttive. This inward deflection of the band is preferabl caused by crossing the band on iiin the sole of the shank portion,as shown lnFig. 5.. The band might be made of two. separate loops, each terminating in the shank, as illustrated in Fig. 6, or the single band might besimpl bowed inwardly at the shank, as shown in 7.

ith the ovcrshde as described it will be seen. that the rear loop or band passin around the heel lngh'up on the back part and lOC) shoe. between the heel portion and the forward portion allow the non-elastic'loop of -the heel down under the shank-sole and vulcanized into the body of the overshoe prevents indi' part'to pass' over the bulge of the heel ofthe inserted shoe, so that after the shoe is inserted the retractile force of the stretched shank ininto the sole of the shankportion,

It is not necessarp for the cord to cross the shank part in the so sures the overshoe being firmly held to the shoe. At the same time the side shanks being relieved of the elastic band are not pulled out straight, but may be curved inward to lie snug-lyalong the side of the shoe, as indicated e curved edges of the sole in Fig. 5.

e of the shoe, though this is preferred, for .any deflection of the cord from thesidevshanks', if it is vulcanized into the sole part so that it will hold, will allow the extension of the side shanks so that a ti hter hold maybe obtained on the'inserted s 0e."

j I clann overshoe provided With longitudinally-elastic side shanks and with loops restraining the heel and the front ortions of the upper.

2. An overshoe aving a non-elastic band passing around both its front and rear part and deflected at the shank to prevent the' band restraining the elasticity of the side shanks.

3.' An overshoe having a non-elastic band "vulcanized in the overshoe and assing around the front portion and then deEecting and a non- 1. As a new article of manufacture, an-

and deflecting inwardly irfao the sha 4. In an overshoe having a relatlvely high heel portion and'a relativelylow"front por- 'tion, a non-elastic band vulcanized in the u right Walls of the overshoe except at t e shank portion, and at this portionpassing into the sole of the overshoe and there vulcanized in place.

5. An overshoe having a relatively high heel portion and a relatively low'front portion, a non-elastic loop vulcanizedin the overshoe and passing around the-front portion and then into the sole of theshank portion, and a non-elastic loop passing around the heel portion highup on the heel portion totake above the rearmost bulge of the inserted shoe.

6. As a new article of manufacture, an overshoe having a non-elastic band vulcan elastic band passing around the heel ortion ized in the side Walls of the front andhe'el por' I tion of the overshoe, and crossing itself within the sole of the shank portion.

7. As a new article of manufacture, an overshoe having .a non-elastic band vulcanized in the side Walls of thefront and heel portion of-the overshoe and crossing itself within the sole of theshankp'ortion; said b'and on the heel portion leading diagonallyiipward from the-sole to near the top of the heel, the band being vulcanized iii-place throughout.

8. As a new articleof manufacture, an

overshoe having twovv non elastic loops, one

the overshoe, and the other vulcanized into the side walls 'of the heel of the overshoe, and both ,vulcanized into-the sole of'the overshoe t the shank.-""'

- ALBERT E. ROBERTS. Witnessesz. Z 1 E. B. GILonRIsT,

E. L. THURSTON.

5 vulcanized into the side walls of the front of "In =testimony whereof I hereunto a'ffix my v slgnature in the presence of twoswitnesses. 

